that night. Wow, this was a wild and windy place. In the distance we could see a colony of fur seals, it was a haven for all things that live in the ocean. The surf was amazingly powerful and the raw beauty of the place really did take your breath away. On our short coastal walk we saw 2 little penguins that were nesting close to the path. They were either babies waiting for their parents to come back and bring them food or had just finished their moulting period, where they stay on dry land for approximately two weeks while they moult, which enables them to re-waterproof their feathers. Again these were incredibly cute!

After our walk we drove to what’s known as the Penguin Parade. This world famous event takes place every night and is just an incredible thing to see. These are the world’s smallest penguins and they come ashore every night just after dusk and waddle up the beach to their

nests in the sand dunes. The area has been extremely well designed and maintained to allow minimum disruption to the penguins and their habitat, whilst also allowing the public access to this marvellous spectacle. There are concrete steps built on the beach and each night at around dusk, the public are allowed down to the beach to get their seats and wait for the little penguins to start heading ashore. The beach is floodlit, and we couldn’t exactly work out why it didn’t bother the penguins but it genuinely didn’t seem to. We got seats right at the corner and had a great view over the beach. No photography is allowed as this will disorientate the penguins when they leave the water - I guess they have just got used to the floodlights! There are rangers keeping the crowds at bay and enforcing the no photography, they also impart their vast knowledge about the penguins, their habitat and their way of life. The first penguin was spotted about an hour after we had got to the beach. It was an amazing